Stopper-extractor.



No. 825,929. PATBNTBD JULY 1v, 1906. F. P. NOBIs. sToPPER EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1903.

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STOPPEREXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented. July 17, 1906.

Application filed September 19.1903. Serial No. 173.893.

To all whom it m//Ly concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK PAUL Noms, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Stopper-Extractor, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a device intended for the use of waiters andthe object of the saine is to provide a device by means of which crimpedmetal caps can be readily removed from bottles.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction andcombination .of parts hereinafter described, particularly pointed out inthe claim, and shown in the aeconmanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view showing the mode of using my device. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of my device, showing saine closed. .Fig -3 is alongitudinal section through the handle, showing the bottle-openingdevice opened out. Fig. 4 is a section on theline 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In constructing a device of the kind shown I employ a handle A, formed,as is usual, of two side pieces and reduced in width throughout aportion of their length, as shown at A. A leaf-spring A2,- sueh as iscommonly used in pocket-knives, is arran red in the handles A,

and between the said iandles is pivoted a dull blade C, the blade havinga shoulder formed thereon adjacent its pivotal point,

and this shoulder is engaged by the free end of the spring A2,therebylocking the. blade C in its open position. The blade C isslightly curved toward its free end, and the blade Cis comparativelythick, as shown in the cross-Y` sectional view of Fig. 4. 'lo oppositesides of the blade C are secured depending arms ("2, arranged parallelto each other and at right angles to the blade C and at a distance from'A considerab its free end slightly greater than the diameter of theaverage metal cap employed upon bottles. The blade C is, however,preferably of such length that the arm C2 will be nearer to the free endof the blade than to its pivotal point. The lower portions of the arm C2are bent forwardly at ri ht angles to the said arms and substantiallyparallel to the adjacentlportion of' the blade C. When the blade C isopened out, the bent end ortion C3 of the arms C2 can be engaged w1ththe lower edge of a metal cap, and the slightly-curved portion oftheblade C will extend transversely across the cap and will bear uponthe edge of the cap diametrically opposite the portion engaged by theends of t e armsv C2.

e leverage will be gained, and an upward pull upon the handleA willremove the metal cap or stopper from the bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bottle-cap remover, the combination with a handle comprising twoside members each having a portion reduced in Width, of a curved fiatshank pivoted between said side members, and short arms securedoppositely each to one side of the said shank at a point about midway ofits length and extending transversely at one side of said shank withhooked ends bent toward the free end of the shank, said arms positionedso that the ends rest on'the reduced portions of the handles when theshank is folded to lie between them, whereby the shank can be easilygrasped by the hand.

' FRANK PAUL NOBIS.

Witnesses:

DAVID DEUTZ, THOMAS Fnmss.

